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                Article taken from 'The Pathless Path' by Swami Ramdas, Bhavan's Book University, Rupee Series

Take the name as Brahman Himself and using it as a ladder ascend the summit, the supreme Godhead with whom you are eternally one.

The Divine Name is a powerful boat that takes man across the whirlpools of life to the haven of his eternal and spiritusl nature. His name transforms man from the human to the Divine. The Divine Name is the one sovereign panacea for all physical, mental, and intellectual ills that have created a sense of diversity and misery in the world..... To be in tune with the Name is to be in tune with the Infinite Truth and thus to transmute the lower stumbling and ignorant human nature, into the glorious self-illumined nature.

The Divine Name purifies the mind of its ego and desires, and floods the whole being with light and joy.

Repeat the Name so constantly that it's entralling music should thrill, illumine, elevate and sweeten your entire life..... The Name arrests distracting thoughts, subdues unregulated desires and enlightens the intellect. After enabling its devotee to achieve thorough concentration of mind, it helps draw the mind inward and attain complete absorption in the Eternal Reality, which in it's turn takes him to the supreme goal of self-surrender.... The Name unlocks the fountain of your heart and floods your being with immortal light, knowledge, peace and joy. It grants you the loftiest vision and experience.

Fixing the mind on the sound of His name is the easiest way for concentration. Take it that the sound of the Name is itself a symbol of God. By gradual practice, the external repetition will lead to an automatic functioning of the Name in the mind. When thus the Name comes into the mind constantly, you will attain concentration. By the Sadhna the restless nature of the mind is cured.

Oh! the charm of the Name! It brings light where there is darkness, happiness where there is misery, contentment where there is dissatisfaction, bliss where there is pain, order where there is chaos, life where there is death, heaven where there is hell, God where there is Maya. He who takes refuge in that glorious Name knows no pain, no sorrow, no care, no misery. He lives in perfect peace.

In all weathers, cling to the Name of the Lord. It is the one plank which does not allow the man, who hangs on to it, to sink and be lost. The Name is the Lord, guru and all in all.

When the Lord's Name is on our lips, we need not be afraid of anything in the world or in any other world. The Name is simple. It unveils layers of the deep-seated ignorance that has made you oblivious of your divine existance. It acts with a sure, steady and unfailing purpose. It is the real means for bringing about a complete state of self-surrender. Even from the start of the repetition of the Name, you begin to taste the nectar of immortality. As you go on, your joy increases and when this joy turns into ecstasy, it takes you beyond the body-idea and you become concious of the Divine within you. Your individual sense disappears, as darkness in the presence of light. When this stage is reached a sadhaka becomes siddha, i.e., the aspirant attains divine perfection.

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